Security News
Auth0 announced the launch of Organizations, a purpose-built feature enabling providers of B2B SaaS applications to seamlessly manage their business customers - a use case Auth0 defines as Business Customer Identity. Organizations is Auth0's enhanced way for enterprise app teams to manage customers and partners in any multi-tenant, B2B, or SaaS application.
Options, a long-term Murex partner, empowers MX.3 through its highly secure SaaS-enabled managed apps platform. "Our partnership with Options provides Murex SaaS clients scalable performance, platform flexibility and advanced security," Murex Head of SaaS Services Paul-Alexandre Lourme says.
Merlin Cyber launched Constellation GovCloud, a managed service that is designed to accelerate Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization for software-as-a-service companies. The managed service enables SaaS companies to achieve FedRAMP Authority to Operate more quickly and cost-effectively, empowering them to pursue a $200B Public Sector IT market.
Zerto announced the availability of Zerto Backup for SaaS powered by Keepit, a cloud backup and recovery solution designed to manage and protect cloud SaaS data covering some of the most widely-used SaaS solutions, including Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Salesforce, and Google Workspace. Zerto Backup for SaaS architecture runs on a secure private infrastructure offering data immutability, compliance, and guaranteeing data availability.
SaaS security management company AppOmni on Wednesday announced that it has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round, which brings its total funding to more than $53 million. AppOmni's solutions scan APIs, security controls and configurations associated with SaaS applications, enabling organizations to evaluate their security posture and improve it.
SaaS security company Grip Security on Tuesday emerged from stealth mode and announced raising $6 million in seed funding. Grip Security has developed a platform that is designed to help organizations discover, monitor and secure their SaaS applications, regardless of where they are located and what types of devices they are running on.
Masergy enhanced its Masergy AIOps feature by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize Software as a Service applications on global networks. Masergy AIOps is deeply embedded into the network, security, and application layers and was developed using an unprecedented amount of historic data patterns, leveraging the company's 20 years of network and security logs.
DoControl emerged from stealth mode on Monday with an automated data access controls platform for SaaS applications, and more than $13 million in funding. It raised $3.35 million in seed funding and it recently raised another $10 million in a Series A funding round led by RTP Global, with participation from StageOne Ventures, Cardumen Capital and CrowdStrike's early stage investment fund, Falcon Fund.
It doesn't have to be that way - a company's SaaS security posture can be strengthened, and SaaS configuration weaknesses can be avoided. SaaS Security Posture Management, as defined by Gartner, is critical to the security of today's enterprise.
Everbridge announced an expansion of its end-to-end and global Critical Event Management SaaS platform, unveiling the most comprehensive integrated suite of digital and physical resiliency solutions for global organizations preparing for 'the new normal' in the post-pandemic world. Digitally transforming how organizations manage, respond to, and mitigate a crisis, as well as protecting revenue while improving cost efficiencies, Critical Event Management represents a 'must have' set of standards and best practices that forward-looking CEOs and boards increasingly incorporate into how they govern operational risk from unplanned events.